Covid 19 Part XXVI- 50,993 ROI (1,852 deaths) 28,040 NI (621 deaths) (19/10) Read OP

Jim_Hodge · 18-10-2020 04:47PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Are they implementing the 5km rule?

Stheno · 18-10-2020 04:48PM

US2 wrote: »

I'm not going to panic buy but do we think the likes of Smyth's could be closed for a few months ? Starting to get stressed out now that Santa won't be able to get much

Smyth are online

Stheno · 18-10-2020 04:49PM

ronin88 wrote: »

Any idea where this would leave the GAA championship? I see the GPA said they wouldn’t continue with anything more than level 4.

I assume it won’t continue considering they can’t socially bubble as most are teachers and guards.

Gaa county finals appear to have resulted in vast numbers of cases. Just shut it down

Eod100 · 18-10-2020 04:49PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Are they implementing the 5km rule?

Seem to be considering it accorsing to article posted but could be way to make it seem like government resisted NPHET by extending it or not having it at all. Hard to make predictions when so many politics involved. Guess we will find out tomorrow evening officially either way.

mcburns07 · 18-10-2020 04:49PM

US2 wrote: »

I'm not going to panic buy but do we think the likes of Smyth's could be closed for a few months ? Starting to get stressed out now that Santa won't be able to get much

https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie

iamwhoiam · 18-10-2020 04:49PM

US2 wrote: »

I'm not going to panic buy but do we think the likes of Smyth's could be closed for a few months ? Starting to get stressed out now that Santa won't be able to get much

Smyths online and Argos also online .

B.A._Baracus · 18-10-2020 04:49PM

Did some maths there and taking in the fact of 1,000 cases a day and roughly 5 million people living in Ireland.... 7.3% of the population would get Corona each year.

Should the cases jump to 2,000 a day it would be 14.6%
Should the cases jump to 3,000 a day it would be 21.9% ... That's scary.

Puts things into perspective. At least for me.

zinfandel · 18-10-2020 04:50PM

US2 wrote: »

I'm not going to panic buy but do we think the likes of Smyth's could be closed for a few months ? Starting to get stressed out now that Santa won't be able to get much

have you never heard of online shopping, even smyths do it!
almost delivered by the time you get out of the Q.
Boots, mccabes etc next day delivery.
sign up to amazon prime for a month and delivery is free, so many options, no idea why people are going nuts in the shops...

Kh1993 · 18-10-2020 04:51PM

froog wrote: »

except they were never touted as a be all and end all.

can't believe there are still anti maskers around. what an odd thing to get fixated on.

I’m not an anti masker and never will be. I’ve been wearing them since March.

My point was is that first essential retail was fine without masks, then all retail was fine once masks were worn, now retail isn’t fine even with masks. Eventually the message becomes so diluted that people won’t bother (not me, but there will be a percentage - the same people just about wearing masks as a means to entry in to a shop then pulling them down).

US2 · 18-10-2020 04:51PM

Stheno wrote: »

Smyth are online

Yes and in March/april they had a very limited online service. I waited 6 weeks for a doll house to be delivered.

18-10-2020 04:52PM

What’s reported in the indo makes no sense to me. We either do this properly or not at all. Level 5 for a month, including schools, or maintain level 3 with a WFH advisory and ride it out

This 4.375 or wherever it is will not achieve anything, whilst having an additional cost. IMO there’ll still be enough people moving around and congregating, in schools and an inevitably expanded list of ‘essential’ business

I think we should stay where we are, but if we’re going to do this, let’s bloody do it properly

speckle · 18-10-2020 04:52PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Smyths online and Argos also online .

argos has a five euro item charge for delievering eg a kettle. Great if your made of money

mcburns07 · 18-10-2020 04:52PM

That's excellent mask wearing right there.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/revealed-social-bubbles-eviction-ban-and-5km-travel-restriction-under-consideration-for-new-covid-19-rules-39638423.html

Cluedo Monopoly · 18-10-2020 04:52PM

US2 wrote: »

I'm not going to panic buy but do we think the likes of Smyth's could be closed for a few months ? Starting to get stressed out now that Santa won't be able to get much

Ah come on. Stressed about not being able to buy excessive amounts of plastic garbage?

Happydays2020 · 18-10-2020 04:54PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Smyths online and Argos also online .

Decathlon also if looking for reasonably priced bikes

xhomelezz · 18-10-2020 04:54PM

US2 wrote: »

Yes and in March/april they had a very limited online service. I waited 6 weeks for a doll house to be delivered.

Buy somewhere else so. It's actually easy and you might save few bucks.

MelbourneMan · 18-10-2020 04:54PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Smyths online and Argos also online .

Both are non essential retail though.

mcburns07 · 18-10-2020 04:54PM

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Ah come on. Stressed about not being able to buy excessive amounts of plastic garbage?

Apt username

B.A._Baracus · 18-10-2020 04:54PM

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Ah come on. Stressed about not being able to buy excessive amounts of plastic garbage?

Ironic username

petes · 18-10-2020 04:54PM

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Ah come on. Stressed about not being able to buy excessive amounts of plastic garbage?

Do you have kids?

harr · 18-10-2020 04:55PM

zinfandel wrote: »

have you never heard of online shopping, even smyths do it!
almost delivered by the time you get out of the Q.
Boots, mccabes etc next day delivery.
sign up to amazon prime for a month and delivery is free, so many options, no idea why people are going nuts in the shops...

This exactly, my local smyths was jammed this morning and a long Q to get in . Went home and had all done on line in space of 45 minutes between Amazon and smyths all free delivery.

Gruffalux · 18-10-2020 04:55PM

How about this Christmas - don't buy so much stuff!! Radical idea, I know. When my kids were small the other kids they knew used to get so much expensive stuff for Christmas it was actually obscene. I used to get a designated amount of presents that I could afford and nothing too expensive and then we would have a good time going for walks and having bonfires and watching movies and eating too much. As I come from a huge family and so does himself we decided decades ago to not buy each other presents. Guess what - no-one's freaking head has ever fallen off. And everyone still loves each other.

18-10-2020 04:55PM

This obsession with shopping for Christmas before a lockdown is a pretty damning indictment of how ridiculously consumerist our society has become. Makes me glad I don’t have kids so that my partner and I can opt out of the whole thing

HeyV · 18-10-2020 04:55PM

speckle wrote: »

argos has a five euro item charge for delievering eg a kettle. Great if your made of money

Most websites have a delivery charge these days. It’s not unusual.

mcburns07 · 18-10-2020 04:55PM

petes wrote: »

Do you have kids?

He has bro

Roots 2020 · 18-10-2020 04:56PM

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Ah come on. Stressed about not being able to buy excessive amounts of plastic garbage?

I think board games are the way to go

xhomelezz · 18-10-2020 04:56PM

MelbourneMan wrote: »

Both are non essential retail though.

Doubt online shopping will be stopped.

speckle · 18-10-2020 04:56PM

Great what is the plan for the vulnarable or high risk or oaps, last time there were volunteers like the gaa to do chemist runs etc. Dont even have enough volunteers to get cancer patients to hospital at the moment.

Atlantic Dawn · 18-10-2020 04:57PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Has anyone seen the clip that has apparently went viral from RTE news, a journalist went up to some woman and asked what they thought of the proposed restrictions to which she retorts 'I don't give two flying fcuks.'

Yes

https://twitter.com/taggart_hugh/status/1317768091477094400

BringBackMick · 18-10-2020 04:57PM

mcburns07 wrote: »

That's excellent mask wearing right there.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/revealed-social-bubbles-eviction-ban-and-5km-travel-restriction-under-consideration-for-new-covid-19-rules-39638423.html

People aren't stupid though, whilst they arent being worn correctly, the main route they are going to spew particles is through their mouth and not their nose.

I hate this holier than thou talk from people about wearing masks correctly...

People wear them around their chin when they are not in close with people and take then off their nose at times like this too.

The main route you will spread corona to somebody else whilst speaking is out of your mouth, so less of this nonsense, people arent stupid.

Covid 19 Part XXVI- 50,993 ROI (1,852 deaths) 28,040 NI (621 deaths) (19/10) Read OP

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